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E. W. BULLARD., FLY EXTERMINATR.

No. 589,776. Patented Sept. 7,1897.

f/Qf Q/QMMM/ UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

EZEKlEL lV. BULLARD, OF BARRE,MASSAOHUSETT ASSIGNOR TO ALEXANDER G.VILLIAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

FLY-EXTERMINATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 589,776, datedSeptember 7, 1897.

Application filed May 24, 1897. Serial No. 637,854. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EZEKIEL W. BULLAED, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Barre, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inFly-Exterininators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for killing insects, such as flies,dsc., and particularly to that class called y-spatters, the object ofthe invention being to produce a construction of the class describedwhich will not fray at the edges from use, and having a reinforced edgeand part of the sides thereof whereby the material from which thespatter is made is prevented from breaking at or near the point wherethe said material is secured to the handle by the constant bending backand forth which the wire-cloth body is subjected to by use; and theinvention consists in the construction, as fully hereinafter describedin the following specification, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure `l represents aplan view of a fly-spatter made according to in y invention. Fig. 2 is asectional vieuT on line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectionalView of the folded edge of the wire-cloth of which the spatter is made.Fig. 4 illustrates a modified construction of handle and the manner ofsecuring the same to the wire-cloth of the instruinent.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a fiat piece of wire-cloth ofsubstantially rectangular form and secured to a handle B, made of wireor other suitable material. Said handle is made with an elongated loop,as shown, forming a proper grip for the hand, and is twisted, as at zo,and the two ends thereof bent at right angles to the said loop, as shownat h, and the extremities b of the wires are then bent at right anglesto said parts l) and in the same plane as the handle B. The saidwire-cloth Aon three edges thereof is then folded on itself twice, asshown in Fig. 3,Whereby the raw edge thereof is turned in against thebodyA and between the latter and an overlying fold, thereby producing areinforced border of three thicknesses of material, which adds much toits durability and to the requisite spring quality which is essential inan article of this class. After the edges of the said body have been sofolded the said ends b are inserted in the ends of the folded borders a,the portions b of the handle lying about even with the unfolded edge ofthe bodyA. Two metal binding-clips D are then placed one on each side ofthe handle on the lower edge of the body A, inclosing said lower edgeand the part b of the handle, and are clamped securely thereon bypressure, Said cli ps D are made wide enough to extend inward from saidlower edge of the `wire-cloth far enough to get a broad bearing thereon,whereby said wire-cloth is properly supported at the point Where theconstant bending back-and forth takes place when the spatter is beingused, and by reason of said support the deviceis made much more durable.The said construction illustrated in Fig. et comprises a sheet-metalhandle attached to a clip 4 by riveting orsoldering, which clip envelopsone end of the Wire-cloth A, and is secured thereto by indentations 5 orother suitable means.

Having thus described my invention, what lclaim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

A ily-killing device consisting of the wireoloth A, having the infoldededges a, the handle B having the parts l) thereon, the binding-clips D,for clamping said parts t, of the handle to said wire-cloth, and theextremities of said handle parts inclosed in said folded edges a, ofthewire-cloth,substantially as described.

EZEKIEL XV. BULLARD. itnessesz H, A. CHAPIN, K. I. CLEMoNs.

